Topaze Harbour

Topaze Harbour (50˚31'00" 125˚48'00" Off Sunderland Channel, N of Hardwicke I and Johnstone Str). HMS Topaze, a steam frigate of 51 guns and 3,551 tonnes, was launched at Devonport dockyard in 1858 and served on the BC coast from 1859 to 1863, under Capt John Spencer. In 1863, when the Lamalcha, a First Nation group from Kuper I accused of killing two Gulf Is settlers, were tracked down and captured (see Lamalchi Bay), Spencer, as one of the region’s senior officers, played a major role....

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